Born On July 24, 1896, in St. John, Ky., Mary Esther was the daughter of John and Josephine Englert Younker, one of nine children. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph when she was 28 years old. On August 15, 1925, following a nine-month postulancy, Mary Esther received the Ursuline habit and the name…
Mount Saint Joseph Necrologies
The Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph Necrology contains biographical information for Sisters buried at Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery.
Many entries include a Marker Location (for example, “Row D No. 55”), which corresponds to a location on the cemetery map.
Sister Marguerite Younker
Mary Josephine, the daughter of Henry and Rosa Poat Younker, was born November 12, 1900, in St. John, Ky. Her father died when she was a year old and before the birth of her sister, Margaret. When Father Charles Haeseley, her mother’s uncle, became pastor at St. Jerome in Fancy Farm, Ky., he invited Rosa…
Sister Emily Zent
Jacob P. Zent was born in Spier Russia, February 16, 1887. His wife, Rose Kupper, was born in Sultz, Russia, September 13, 1889. They migrated to Mandan, N.D., where their first child, Emily was born July 26, 1911. The family increased to eight by the birth of two more girls, Isabel and Tillie and five…